The first fossil of Ceratophyus (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) from the Middle Pleistocene Shiobara Group of Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F24%3A10472728" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/24:10472728 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=01WHgKYZyM" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=01WHgKYZyM</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2517/PR230013" target="_blank" >10.2517/PR230013</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The first fossil of Ceratophyus (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) from the Middle Pleistocene Shiobara Group of Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Original language description
A new fossil species of the genus Ceratophyus Fischer von Waldheim, 1824, was discovered in the Shiobara Group (Chibanian, ca. 0.3 Ma) of the Middle Pleistocene distributed in Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. This fossil is female, large in size (ca. 25 mm), well preserved, and nearly completely preserved.The genus Ceratophyus is not distributed in modern Japan. This is the first discovery of a fossil of the genus Ceratophyus and the first report of a certain extinct species from the Shiobara Group. The genus Ceratophyus is now fragmentarily distributed in the Holarctic region of the world, but the discovery of the fossil suggests that the genus was widely distributed throughout the world during the Middle Pleistocene. Notably, the fossil was discovered by a student during a high school lesson from a rock brought into the classroom. We consider the examined fossil to be morphologically different from all known extant species of the genus, and therefore we describe it as Ceratophyus yatagaii sp. nov.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Paleontological Research
ISSN
1342-8144
e-ISSN
1880-0068
Volume of the periodical
28
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
JP - JAPAN
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
265-272
UT code for WoS article
001266982700004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85208225505